Answering the Call
May 26th, 2009JanInterfaith
Like plants reaching for the light, we are all answering the call. By some instinct do we feel our way through life, trying to draw closer to the fulfillment of some un-named mission that is ours alone in the great cosmic scheme.
You Are Divine
May 31st, 2009JanInterfaith
My mother, who was raised culturally Catholic, taught me to pray soon after I was able to construct complete sentences. I have been talking with God ever since.
What Do We Really Need?
June 3rd, 2009JanInterfaith
Today I’m going to share a bit of how my life has evolved. Back in 1998, my ten-year-old daughter came to me and she was worried. She wanted to work with wild animals when she grew up. But she was afraid that, by the time she grew up, there wouldn’t be any wild animals left.
Lowering Barriers
May 27th, 2009JanInterfaith
For years I’ve felt the gentle calling to support people who are experiencing loss or facing a life-threatening illness. While this has been my ministry, I was surprised to land at ChI.
From Agony to Ecstasy
May 29th, 2009JanInterfaith
What an adventure! I feel such joy, gratitude, and humility standing before you today. It has been quite a journey getting to this place: perhaps a little like Alice in Wonderland falling through the rabbit hole, finding herself suddenly at CHI—or "God Camp," as I like to call it.
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Finding Heaven In Crisis and Loss
May 18th, 2009JanInterfaith
I stood alone at the lectern of the River City Funeral Chapel looking out at the swelling ranks of mourners. Friends, family, and strangers packed the sanctuary and overflow room, and formed a line that snaked out into the parking lot (the director stopped counting at 400). The casket lay open and an uncanny radiance lit up the countless flowers arrangements spread across the stage.
Liminality
May 31st, 2009JanInterfaith“What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
(T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets 4: Little Gidding)
